She lives in the small village of Hengdian, Shipai, Zhongxiang, Hubei, China, and has cerebral palsy resulting in speech and mobility difficulties.
In 2014, her poem I Crossed Half of China to Sleep with You (穿过大半个中国去睡你) was reposted frequently in WeChat, leading to a significant increase in her notoriety.
[2] Still Tomorrow a documentary about her rise to fame and relationship with her family as well as her divorce from her husband, was released in 2016, and has been showcased in different film festivals.
Due to breech presentation and hypoxia, she was born with cerebral palsy, making speaking and mobilizing difficult.
[5] In January 2015, Yu's first anthology of poems, “The moonlight falls on my left hand (月光落在左手上）” was published by Guangxi Normal University Press.
On 28 January, Yu was elected vice chairman of Zhongxiang City Writers Association of Hubei Province.
[9] Anthology of poems Yu Xiuhua's poetry includes themes of her love, affection, life sentiment, her disability and the closed village she cannot escape.
Love is what makes the poet ask questions about existence, truth, death and other metaphysical problems and ontological subjects.